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    Kayla Smith
    Kayla Smith
    Class:
    Junior

    Hometown:
    Portland, Ore.

    High School:
    Benson HS

    Event:
    Sprints, Jumps

    I/O Eligibility:
    JR/JR

    AT ILLINOIS

    2011 Track and Field
    Outdoor: Placed third in the 200m at the Polytan Invitational (24.46)...Helped the 4x100m relay score points for finishing third at the Big Ten Challenge...Member of the 4x200m relay team that had a first and third place finish...Ran in the 4x400m relay that placed third at Polytan Invitational.

    Indoor: Placed first in the 200m at Illini Open and Illini Classic ... Participated in the 60m and the 200m at the Big Ten Championships ... Recorded her personal-best in the 60m with 7.62 at Illini Classic ... Recorded her personal-best in the 200m with 24.20 at Tyson Invitational.

    2010 Track and Field
    Outdoor: Competed at the NCAA Championships as part of the 4x100m relay, which qualified from the NCAA West Preliminary Round of Championship with an 11th-place finish ... Qualified individually for the NCAA West Prelims in the 100m and 200m ... Scored individually at the Big Ten Championships with a seventh-place finish and as part of the third-place 4x100m relay ... Also competed in the prelims of the 100m at the big Ten Championships ... Took second in the 100m (11.78) and first in the 200m (23.66) at the Illinois Twilight with wind-aided times ... Season-best times came at the Mike Poehlein Invite in the 100m (11.95) and in the first round of the NCAA West Prelims in the 200m (24.08) ... Ran on the 4x100m relay that picked up event titles at the Mike Poehlein Invitational, SeaRay Relays and Illinois Twilight.

    Indoor: Timed a season-best of 24.49 in the prelims of the 200m at the Big Ten Championships ... Ran a personal best in the 60m at Carle/Health Alliance (7.70) ... Competed in both the 60m and 200m at four meets ... Also participated in the long jump at a pair of meets.

    High School
    Five-time Oregon state champion in the 100m, 200m and long jump ... Owns a personal-best time of 11.77 in the 100m and 19-0 ½ in the long jump ... Reset her own state meet record in the 200m with a personal-best 24.01 in 2009.

    Personal
    Daughter of Alicia and Charles Smith ... Born January 3, 1991 ... Has two sisters, Shade Smith and Chenise Hunt, and one brother, Nmandi ... Chose Illinois because she loved the teammates on her visit ... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant ... Favorite food is spaghetti ... Majoring in kinesiology.

    Smith's Personal Bests
    Outdoor
    100m: 11.95 - Mike Poehlein Invitational (4/3/10)
    200m: 24.08 - NCAA West Prelims

    Indoor
    60m: 7.62 - Illini Classic (1/22/11)
    200m: 24.20 - Tyson Invitational (2/12/11)
    Long Jump: 18-11 ¾ (5.78m) - Meyo Invitational (2/6/10)

    Updated December 2011

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